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strawberry smoothie

ingredients

4 cups of strawberries

1 cup plain yogurt

1/2 cup of fresh orange juice

1 table spoon of sugar

4 thin slices of orange for a juicy zest!

method

hull out all of the strawberries

add them to a blender

add plain yogurt to the orange juice and sugar

process on highest speed until well-blended puree forms, about 15 seconds stopping and scrape down the sides of the container once of twice

taste the mixture sweeten with more sugar if you wish.

quick and easy brownies

ingredients

1. 400g of caster sugar

2. 225g of melted butter

3. 60g of cocoa powder

4. 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

5. 4 eggs 

6. 225g of plain flour

7. 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder 

8. 1/2 teaspoons of salt

method

mix in order given 

bake at 180c/gas mark 4 for 20-25 mins in rectangular 23x33 gresed baking tin

cool and slice into equal portions.